1. New Member Orientation Boston Quarterly April 2003 Kim Bartkus

2. Introduction The HR Problem Domain What is XML? What is HR-XML? Project Methodology Tools of the Trade Accomplishments Continuing Work

3. What is XML? eXtensible Markup Language is a language for creating “markup” languages or “vocabularies”. Looks like HTML, but XML allows the definition of custom tags to describe information explicitly. XML is a recommendation issued by the World Wide Web Consortium, February 1998

4. Program Asks for Data Returns XML defining what is being sent: John Smith First: John Last: Smith An XML document defines what the data is, not how it is displayed. Programs “parse” this XML data. How XML Works…

5. What is HR-XML? Independent, non-profit corporation (Dec 1999) Define standard vocabularies to streamline HR data interchange Open to vendors, consultants, standards bodies, employers and other end-users, and individuals 110+ organizational members International – Mission to produce specifications that are relevant and useful across many country contexts.

6. Transport (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP) Payload Includes the information necessary to complete an interaction within a business process. HR-XML focuses on specifications for message payload, but aims to provide context and guidance to enable the entire exchange. Protocol (e.g. XP, SOAP) Framework (e.g. ebXML, BizTalk) Payload (e.g. JobPositionSeeker) What Does HR-XML Deliver?

7. Board of Directors Business Steering Committee (BSC) Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Recruiting & Staffing Benefits Enrollment Payroll Time Reporting Stock Competencies Cross Process Object (CPO) Organizational Structure SIDESOther Projects

8. Project Methodology

9. Project Team Team lead is responsible for determining the schedule and facilitating the project. Secretary records all decisions and posts minutes to team web page. Schema editor makes schema changes and provides graphical illustrations. Document editor responsible for consolidating documentation. Domain experts share knowledge of the business process, enabling team to build a comprehensive standard.

10. Model a Business Process

11. Tools of the Trade

12. Create or Update Your Personal Profile Go to Profile Tool on main members page Select your name from the company participant list Enter your contact information Sign up for workgroup e-mail lists

13. Document Management TIBCO’s “XMLCanon” repository to store all documents in a central location. Administrator gives access to team members based on their roles, following the consortium security procedures. Files checked in and out of repository, ensuring most current files are available to team members. All members have access to view and download files.

14. Schema Development Schema editors free to use most any XML editor. Typically, XML Spy and Turbo XML used. All schemas validated against: XML Spy, TurboXML, MSXML, Stylus Studio, Oracle, and Xerces XML tools

15. Graphical Notation Elements displayed as rectangles, attributes as round- edged rectangles. Lines connecting the elements represent the relationships between elements. A square line connector indicates that the elements must occur in the specified sequence. An angled line connector specifies that only one of the elements may exist.

16. Cardinality Ind icato r DefinitionRelated Example NoneElement must appear once and only once.Required_ One_Occurrence +Element must appear one or more times. Element required to appear at least once, but multiple consecutive occurrences may be present. Required_ Multiple_Occurren ce ?Element may appear zero or one time. Element optional, but only allowed to appear once. Optional_ One_Occurrence *Element may appear zero or more times. Element may appear as many times consecutively as needed, or even zero times. Optional_ One_Occurrence

17. Approved Workgroup Standards Staffing Exchange Protocol (version 1) Time/Expense Reporting Time Card Configuration Benefits Enrollment (version 1, 2) Payroll Defined Contributions Payroll Instructions Staffing Industry Data Exchange Standard (SIDES) Competencies (version 1) Background Check (version 1, 2) Work Site and Environment Resume (version 2) Stock Options

18. Approved CPO Standards Person Name Postal Address DateTime Data Types Effective Dating Contact Method Organization and Organizational Unit Worksite and Worksite Environment Identifier Types ISO Utility Guidelines

19. Continuing Work… Competencies (version 2) Assessments Staffing Exchange Protocol (version 2) SIDES Enhancements Stock Plans Data Dictionary Background Checking

20. Chuck Allen, Director, chucka@hr-xml.org Kim Bartkus, Deputy Director, kim@hr-xml.org Paul Kiel, Chief Architect, paul@hr-xml.org Questions? www.hr-xml.org